Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> writes:
> One thing my COLLATE patch does is distinguish between collations and
> operator classes. So the reverse operator class issue disappears
> because it's just a collation and doesn't need a operator class
> (although it won't break anything, see below).
Are you suggesting that COLLATE will impose comparison semantics on
all datatypes including non-string types? If so, I'd be interested
to know what you have in mind. If not, claiming that it makes the
issue go away is nonsensical.
regards, tom lane